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[quote name='Fat Rich' post='1304120' date='Jul 14 2011, 10:40 PM']Or two music stands. Seriously! Less likely to fall over.[/quote] Mine has never fallen over, and its much easier to carry around. Plus i can't go into a pit demanding two stands ... But i can take my extension in [Female Musicians love that] Garry

[quote name='Johnston' post='1304091' date='Jul 14 2011, 10:25 PM']Ultimate guitar tabs, auto scroll and an iPad [/quote] Thats fine until you get a DS al fine... Garry

Another thing is to make a Music stand extension. [and paint it black] A thin bit of hardboard or sim, with a wedge on the bottom that will then sit on the music stand. If i have been on a show with 4/5/6 page charts this has come in really handy. Its not un common to use one in pit work. Someone gave me a pre made one about 10 years ago, and it has seen plenty of action, by myself and others Garry

[quote name='Marvin' post='1303572' date='Jul 14 2011, 02:29 PM']He did a line in knitted head wear for bass players I believe.[/quote] It has been suggested that he did many 'lines', with & without knitted headwear for Bass players. Garry

[quote name='RIM Basses' post='1303472' date='Jul 14 2011, 12:56 PM']had a great time last night, good to hook up with shep and dood, loved hearing all the frizzle fry stuff brong back memories aged 16 and pissed up in the park lol[/quote] Hi Robbie, how are things ? hope business is good. My Rim custom is still going strong, although looking a bit battered.. Its clocked up a few thousand global miles and is still in one piece -although a fret dress could be on the cards.. I will let you know when. Garry

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1303257' date='Jul 14 2011, 10:00 AM']For the record, JB has done some stunning stuff in the past. His LPs 'Champions' and 'Pump It' were great records and his stuff with Bruford was pretty cool. I also loved the LP he did with Allan Holdsworth (Road Games). He started losing me when he started self-producing. It was at that point that he started to 'feature' the bass in ways that were, IMO, unmusical. Bottom line is that, for me, JB is a great sideman but, without a strong producer, he is overly self indulgent and lacks any critcal sense in terms of what works and what doesn't. His bass used to sound great when he has that old Fender hybrid but his Peavey and Dean basses both sounded thin as a rake and lacking in ovetones. His chordal playing is, as has been said here, just poor guitar playing and 'clever' rather than 'musical'. He had some critical acclaim for his version of Dixie (which was very good) and he has been chasing the same rainbow ever since but to no avail. I think the guy should take some lessons in arranging AWAY FROM THE BASS and try writing for an ensemble in which he doesn't play i.e. take his bass playing (and his 'lead bass' player's perspective) OUT of the music and concentrate on the notes.[/quote] This for me sums up Jeff Berlin very well, and i agree on every point. Arranging away from the Bass opens up a whole new approach to Music, and hearing things for what they really are musically. Music is not hard - its easy. Garry

[quote name='Jerry_B' post='1302854' date='Jul 13 2011, 08:58 PM']Nah, I just thnk what Berlin has said revolves around certain genres.[/quote] Quite possible. Garry

[quote name='silddx' post='1302836' date='Jul 13 2011, 08:35 PM']Funny, this is EXACTLY what Jeff Berlin is talking about! I'm not disrespecting Dave Harvey, but all the cliches are there within 30 seconds.[/quote] Along with just about any other Fretless player that uses loops, delay, chorus,harmonics, double stops. Well in that case Mr Berlin may just have a point - AGAIN. Garry

Marcus Miller seems to get overlooked on the Fretless front - but well worth a listen. Jimmy Haslip is another good Fretless player. Also an English guy called Dave Harvey who has fantastic six string Fretless chops. [but he is also great at da groove ting] I have not seen Dave for about 15 years, but it seems he is still lurking about. Plenty of other stuff with Dave knocking around on Youtube. [Might be under David Harvey] Garry

[quote name='Gust0o' post='1300739' date='Jul 12 2011, 10:55 AM']^This.[/quote] Don't you mean 'Init' ? Garry

Nice & Relaxed Mr Major.....Great stuff. Enjoyed the recent Upright posting on Facebook by the way. Garry

[quote name='barneyg42' post='1297151' date='Jul 8 2011, 01:09 PM']Fixed![/quote] What with two Bee Gee's....?

[quote name='lanark' post='1296251' date='Jul 7 2011, 06:25 PM']And yours can record 18 tracks at once? I'm always struggling with lag when putting together a midi file in cubase. I must clear the whole thing out one day.[/quote] That will be your Audio card, or lack of a decent one. A must when Recording. Garry

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='1295971' date='Jul 7 2011, 01:48 PM']On it's own the line you quoted says the opposite of what I meant, with the previous lines it sort of makes sense (if you put your head on one side and squint at it long enough) [/quote] Garry

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='1295946' date='Jul 7 2011, 01:26 PM']Are you guys unhappy that I think thats all there is to slap or are you saying that's all there should be to slap?[/quote] Hey Rich - was just trying to work out what you was saying... Twas a mystery, thats all.... Garry

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1295879' date='Jul 7 2011, 12:48 PM'][/quote] What was that? Hall of fame for that, just simply the best. Garry

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1295853' date='Jul 7 2011, 12:28 PM']Oh I forgot, we need someone to post this: Yawn another slap thread yawn lol typical ur jealous lol.[/quote] They are all at lunch - or watching Youtube at the moment. Garry

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='1295818' date='Jul 7 2011, 11:51 AM']It should be more a technique for attacking the strings and not for note choices IMO.[/quote] Garry

[quote name='krazy_olie' post='1295792' date='Jul 7 2011, 11:23 AM']Some of the Bela Fleck stuff maybe, quite varied though.[/quote] I have plenty of Bela Fleck CD's, and love his playing, [b]Even[/b] with VW not Slapping. I get the feeling he know's what he is doing. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFzZXvivo4c"]Bela Fleck[/url] Garry

[quote name='Danbass7' post='1295494' date='Jul 7 2011, 12:20 AM']Probably the best sounding programmed drums I've used. [url="http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/powered-by-kontakt/abbey-road-modern-drums/"]http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/pro...d-modern-drums/[/url][/quote] +1 Along with the Steven Slate Drums for Kontakt. [url="http://stevenslatedrums.com/"]Steven Slate Drums[/url] On another note, if you don't have the Kontakt sampler you can download the free Kontakt player from the NI site, [comes with about 50 various instruments] and there is plenty of lIbraries for the Kontakt player. Free player here. [url="http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/kontakt-player/"]Kontakt Player[/url] I suppose at the end of the day all the above mentioned stuff in the thread will do a great job, just go to all the links and choose what sounds good for your ears, and a work flow that suits you all within your budget. Garry

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1294465' date='Jul 6 2011, 10:50 AM']There is a great track on Haslip's Arc cd called 'Niños'. Tried transcribing it but can't find the chords at all [/quote] Good track that, I also like Hannah's House, and the track with Joshua Redman - Orange Guitars. Garry

[quote name='Skol303' post='1294996' date='Jul 6 2011, 05:51 PM'][url="http://www.propellerheads.se/mmm/index.cfm?fuseaction=eventinfo&EID=1"]http://www.propellerheads.se/mmm/index.cfm...tinfo&EID=1[/url][/quote] I see you are pushing Reason a lot today... It does look interesting, but they really need to sort out the 64 bit Rewire thing, or lack of it. Garry

[quote name='Gust0o' post='1294968' date='Jul 6 2011, 05:18 PM']I think I might cope with the Windows, as I doubt I'm cool enough for a Mac. Thanks for all the recommendations!!! Assuming you chaps with the recommendations are regular users - any tips for building reasonable drum tracks?[/quote] I presume you will be Midi programming drums & percussion, so you will need to humanize the parts, IE - not everything on the grid or you will end up with the machine gun effect. The other thing is velocity levels [on various hits] it will give you various accents like a human would play. Layering up various drums, like two or three various kick sounds etc. Adding various elements every two or four bars etc variation & dynamics on verse/chorus etc. Youtube will be your best friend, loads of videos on tips & tricks. And don't over use the word various like i have. Garry

[quote name='krazy_olie' post='1294763' date='Jul 6 2011, 02:15 PM']It's cool, I liked it when i first heard them but sounds a bit dated to me now. Now trying to think of similar stuff! Look up Oz Noy, Galactic, Lettuce. Bit more modern and upfront. Plenty of LArry Carlton stuff out there if you like that kind of stuff. Actually found out about them via some promo cd which had a really great Jimmy Haslip track on it![/quote] I kinda of agree - but then again the others you have mentioned still sounds dated to me, all been heard before, i suppose thats the problem facing folks today. One major thing i have/did always like about the Yellow Jackets was the Chordal structures approach rather than riff based frenzies knocking around at that time. Garry

[quote name='Marvin' post='1294338' date='Jul 6 2011, 09:15 AM']I listened to it through the speakers on my computer and bass line is barely audible, yet it didn't diminish my appreciation of a very well written and performed song. Probably the only people who will consciously listen to the bass part are bass players. Most other listeners are drawn to other parts.[/quote] Funny you should say that. I am a massive Marcus fan, Huge Luther fan. But the thing that always sticks out on that track to me, is the great Funky Guitar lines. Great track all round. Garry